Issues

Lewis Tree Service has--once again--decimated trees in New Haven. This time they destroyed a gorgeous shade tree at the corner of Orange and Humphrey and they butchered other trees along Orange street. Why were they supervised? UI should be investing in our infrastructure and not destroying the quality of our lives....

I ride this route often and feel that a bike route from Clinton Avenue, across Lombard and Humphrey to Orange, continues to be sorely needed.

I feel that this issue should remain open until a route that all persons -- age 8 to 80 -- feel comfortable riding their bikes on. Although sharrows are a minor improvement over nothing, adding sharrows to the road simply does not do that.

Sharrows are ineffective at increasing cycling rates unless speeds are reduced to 20MPH.

Portland, OR, and New York City, NY, are currently doing this along hundreds of miles of their residential streets.

Studies show that very few people will feel comfortable bicycling on roads unless speeds are strictly capped at 20MPH -- no matter what kind of paint you have on the road.

Achieving these average speeds along bike routes can be done through various traffic calming and traffic engineering methods. Berkeley has pioneered this decades ago this with its "bicycle boulevards," and many cities have since followed.
It is best to call them "slow streets", since they have a tremendous benefit for pedestrians and property owners as well.

It sounds like you've done a lot of research to strengthen your argument for expansion of the existing bicycle infrastructure in New Haven. This fits well with the goals of the Complete Streets Manual.

The purpose of the manual is to provide a framework in which citizens/community members/local organizations can work with municipal government to incorporate design changes within the existing transportation network in order to reflect the multi-modal needs of a city through improvements on overall safety and sustainability.

Complete Streets Statistics?(Guest)

Complete streets/time investment: City of New Haven: Please post the percentage of Complete Streets applications filed, the percent approved, and the length of time between filing and action by the City (sidewalks, etc).

Complete streets is very time consuming, and seems to have little results. A way to make residents feel they are 'being heard' and the City to delay action.

There is a persistent pothole (sinkhole) at the southwest corner of Bishop and Orange streets. It is significant enough to affect cars trying to turn right that people are turning from the middle of the street to avoid it. It is also a pedestrian tripping hazard. This has been a problem for a few years now--the had been some kind of street work done, and ever since then, this pothole has persisted. I hope the city can resolve this problem permanently so that it doesn't have to be repaired again in a few years.

Yes I saw it too! It was bigger than my little dog that I walk in that area every day. It crossed Edwards St from the corner of Nicoll St. Three UI tree guys that were in the area saw it too and a woman stepping out of her house was startled by it. My dog was ready to go for it so I'm pretty concerned now walking around there.

Still there(Guest)

Ive noticed this as well... I live on the same street. The truck is still there today (Thursday, 10/2). They put a handwritten sign on a car that was parked on the street telling them "don't park in front of my car."

Thanks for reporting this issue. We need the community's help to solve these incidents. If you have further information (car license, color of car,description of person or people doing the dumping) please call the Non Emergency Number 203-946-6316 and use this incident's CAD # to help resolve the issue. We will pick up the items when we can.